On October 16, 1859, John Brown led 21 men on an assault at Harpers ... two would be captured and executed, and one would escape to Canada. Dangerfield Newby, a strong, 6'2" African American ...

Admittance to John Brown’s execution was severely restricted. Virginia governor Henry A. Wise, fearing a last minute attempt to free Brown, had ordered 1,500 soldiers to Charlestown. Suspicious ...

Brown was a son of prominent anti-slavery figure John Brown. His father was executed in December 1859 for leading a raid on the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry in Virginia to expand the Underground ...